Mrs. And Mrs. DeGeneres, and a male perspective on the name game

re: Mrs. And Mrs. DeGeneres, and a male perspective on the name game

maiaoming — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:39:48 GMT

The whole name thing is a problem. My dad remarried after divorcing my mom, and he and his new wife hyphenated, both, but her daughter was hypenated from her previous marriage- basically, everyone had different names and it was totally confusing and bizarre (and fun?). I like the idea of everyone having their own last name. You know, like "Rainbow big Cloud" or something.

re: Mrs. And Mrs. DeGeneres, and a male perspective on the name game

Bent — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:06:24 GMT

Sorry to dent your male ego here Brett but there is no MAN in a lesbian relationship - it's all about Women loving Women - men dont enter the equation.

As for Portia taking Ellen's name I think it's a beautiful dispaly of love and committment. When my partner and I were planning our committment ceremony we discussed names. At first we were going to hyphenate but our names didnt go together very well so we created a new name using part of hers and part of mine and we changed our surnames by deed poll.

re: Mrs. And Mrs. DeGeneres, and a male perspective on the name game

BettyWu — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:13:15 GMT

Let me get this straight (no pun intended...)

I get a long lecture and reading assignments for asking why it's rude to ask my lesbian friends which one is going to be Mama and which is going to be Mommy, but this guy gets nada for saying 'I guess we know who's the man!'

unbelievable.

re: Mrs. And Mrs. DeGeneres, and a male perspective on the name game

Maeby — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:25:19 GMT

dammit. life was better not knowing that.

re: Mrs. And Mrs. DeGeneres, and a male perspective on the name game

xine — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:18:32 GMT

Portia de Rossi is only her stage name, anyway. Her real name is Mandy Rogers.

re: Mrs. And Mrs. DeGeneres, and a male perspective on the name game

Maeby — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:02:33 GMT

= / i really like her name as it is. It just goes.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is my favorite hyphenated name.